Latterly north. dial. and Sc. [UP- 2. Cf. WFris. opgong, Du. opgang, OHG. ûfgang, -canc (MHG. ûfganc), ON. uppgangr (Norw. uppgang, -gong; MSw. up-, opgang, Sw. uppgång; MDa. and Da. opgang) and uppganga (Norw. uppgonga).] a. The act of ascending; ascension. b. An ascent, an upward path or way.
a. 900. Laws Alfred, I. § 25. ʓif he … æfter sunnan upgonge þis deð, he bið mansleʓes scyldiʓ.
971. Blickl. Hom., 201. Hi ne mihton ofer þæt scræf … gongan, ærðon hie ʓerymdon þone upgang.
c. 1000. Sax. Leechd., III. 246. Þas twelf tacna … ʓefyllað twa tida mid hyra upgange oððe nyþergange.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, VI. 141. His hors, that wes born doune, Cummerit thaim the vpgang to ta. Ibid., VIII. 38. On the south half, quhar Iames was, Is ane vpgang, ane narrow plas.
1818. Scott, Hrt. Midl., xxix. Our minny here’s rather driegh in the upgang.
1855. [Robinson], Whitby Gloss., Upgang,… a track up a hill, as ‘Upgang,’ from the Mulgrave sands to the turnpike on the cliff top.
